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Selected factors affecting the pattern of agricultural land conversion in Washington County, Oregon, 1963-1973

Creator:: Furuseth, Owen J., 1949-
Abstract:: In recent years the conversion of agricultural lands to more intensive non-rural land uses has become a focus of increasing public awareness and concern. The growing attention to farmland conversion is manifested in increasing public policies and legilsation to protect agricultural and forestry land uses. Nevertheless, our understanding of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: land conversion in Washington County, Oregon, 1963-1973 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Owen James

The extent and implications of specified resource site protection in Oregon

Creator:: Giampaoli, Peter Paul
Abstract:: The protection of sensitive resources is an integral part of forest practices regulations in many states, affecting non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners. In Oregon, forest operations on private lands which will conflict with sensitive areas designated "specified resource sites" must meet spatial and temporal requirements to protect those sites. These...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Determining relative benefits to communities from urban and agricultural land use change in Napa County, California

Creator:: Bernard, Mark A.
Abstract:: Urban sprawl and the establishment of greenbelts to separate growing cities and towns has become a popular topic of conversation among land use professionals. Economists focus on urban growth in terms of land rents and have sought market solutions such as transfers and purchases of development rights to slow this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Urban and Agricultural Land Use Change in Napa County, California by Mark A. Bernard

Three essays on the effectiveness of Oregon's land-use planning system : economic analysis with quasi-experimental methods

Creator:: Dempsey, Judith
Abstract:: Oregon's land use planning system is often recognized as having been successful in its goals of limiting urban sprawl and protecting resource lands from development. However, it is difficult to quantify the impact of these regulations, because we cannot observe what would have happened in the absence of land use...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: have examined the impact of land use planning on development of agricultural land in Oregon have

Restructuring of land and community in the remote rural west : the case of Wallowa County, Oregon

Creator:: Abrams, Jesse
Abstract:: Since at least the 1970s, rural areas in the western United States, as elsewhere across the country and world, have been subject to social, economic, and political forces that have resulted in novel demographic and land tenure trends when compared to previous decades. Collectively, these processes of restructuring have created...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of the Wallowa County community. This case study includes a land tenure and use history of Wallowa

The effects of alternative future development scenarios on ecological processes and social-ecological resilience in Central Oregon

Creator:: Duncan, James A.
Abstract:: This research sought to explore the implications of different tenure regimes for both landscape-level ecological processes and the overall resilience of a social-ecological system in Central Oregon. The purchase by an investor of former industrial timberlands known as the Bull Springs tract raised the specter of dispersed residential development on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ...........................................................................................14 3. Temporal and spatial scales of land use planning

Rural subdivisions and local taxes : the fiscal impact of "recreational" and rural residential subdivisions in Klamath County, Oregon

Creator:: Weber, Bruce A., Youmans, Russell C., and Harrington, Rick
Abstract:: Starting in the 1960's, the demand for recreational properties nationwide experienced a great surge. [Reilly, 1973; David, 1969; Hoover, n.d.; ASPO, 1976] A number of studies have been done of the impact of recreational subdivisions on local taxes. [Tillson, et. al. 1972; Thompson and Myrick, 1975; LeJeune, 1972; Moss and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Recreational and Rural Residential Subdivisions in Klamath County Oregon Special Report 503 February 1978

The effects of land use on stream nitrate concentrations : from the catchment scale to the regional scale

Creator:: Poor, Cara J.
Abstract:: This work furthers the understanding of processes occurring in catchments that affect stream nitrate concentrations using two different approaches: a temporally intensive case study of three headwater catchments with varying land use (through storm event monitoring) and a spatially intensive study on the regional scale (through statistical modeling) of 1st-4th...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ................................................... 78 3.4 Chloride Modeling Results for Western Oregon using Land Use, TI, and Site Elevation

Collaborative Neighborhood-Scale Sustainability Assessment and Planning using the Spatial Optimization for Urban Resource Conservation and Engagement (SOURCE) Tool : Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process for Spatial Decision Support

Creator:: Gutierrez, Evan Erasmo
Abstract:: A fundamental problem that emerges during the planning of a city or neighborhood is how to prioritize sustainable development criteria and where to focus efforts. Solving this problem is a complex task requiring an integrated approach, which considers environmental, economic, and social criteria, as well as stakeholder preferences. Given the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , create a spatial decision support system (SDSS) to inform land use planning. The Spatial Optimization

Stream channel stability and sensitivity to landscape history and land use changes in Kelley Creek, Portland, Oregon

Creator:: Murphy, Yarrow M.
Abstract:: This study examines stream channel erosion processes in a small urbanizing watershed influenced by deposits of the Columbia Basin catastrophic floods: Kelley Creek, a 12-km² tributary of Johnson Creek, located just east of Portland, Oregon. Information on landscape history, stream channels, and sediment dynamics was compiled. The effects of future...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Landscape History and Land Use Changes in Kelley Creek, Portland, Oregon. Abstract approved

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Selected factors affecting the pattern of agricultural land conversion in Washington County, Oregon, 1963-1973

The extent and implications of specified resource site protection in Oregon

Determining relative benefits to communities from urban and agricultural land use change in Napa County, California

Three essays on the effectiveness of Oregon's land-use planning system : economic analysis with quasi-experimental methods

Restructuring of land and community in the remote rural west : the case of Wallowa County, Oregon

The effects of alternative future development scenarios on ecological processes and social-ecological resilience in Central Oregon

Rural subdivisions and local taxes : the fiscal impact of "recreational" and rural residential subdivisions in Klamath County, Oregon

The effects of land use on stream nitrate concentrations : from the catchment scale to the regional scale

Collaborative Neighborhood-Scale Sustainability Assessment and Planning using the Spatial Optimization for Urban Resource Conservation and Engagement (SOURCE) Tool : Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process for Spatial Decision Support

Stream channel stability and sensitivity to landscape history and land use changes in Kelley Creek, Portland, Oregon

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